[TEC] The magic weather control key

[mcoca]

Hi everybody.

I'm using the keyboard function mod, which maps Control-N to "nearest sound contact", and I think I found something really odd.

Every time I use that command while looking outside, the weather changes. To be more precise, it changes to partial clouds, no fog, no rain, 4 m/s wind speed. One moment there are no clouds, the next they are there :o

Am I the only seeing this? I think it's some kind of developer backdoor, but it sure will help with those month-long storms.

[Zantham]

Confirmed!! I used it while on the bridge, and it instantly changed the weather, to the same weather you had. One second was clouds clear, no precipitation, light fog, wind 15m/s dir 117....I did Ctrl-N on the bridge, instantly clouds partial, precipitation none, fog none, wind 4m/s dir 0.

I'm using patch 1.2, and several other mods including Ducimus Flavored to Taste 2_2 mod.


Edit: Removed all mods. Started a war patrol. Hit Ctrl-N, and it appeared to do the same thing, tho I couldn't pull up the weather report, the clouds instantly changed just as it did above. And if I recall, in the stock game Ctrl-N isn't actually mapped to anything is it?

[CCIP]

:o

I haven't had this. I'm starting to suspect this may have something to do with the main.cfg's debugging features being enabled - maybe this is some sort of test code that was originally there. I have them disabled in main.cfg (the one in my documents/sh4/cfg/ - you may want to try that too...

[Zantham]

:o

I haven't had this. I'm starting to suspect this may have something to do with the main.cfg's debugging features being enabled - maybe this is some sort of test code that was originally there. I have them disabled in main.cfg (the one in my documents/sh4/cfg/ - you may want to try that too...

If you mean the [DEVELOPING] section of the C:\Program Files\...\Data\Cfg\main.cfg mine is set as follows:
DevDebugEnable=No
DevEditEnable=No
MiniDump=No

However I now see there is also a main.cfg file under the SH4\data\cfg directory in My Documents. This one is set the same except MiniDump=Yes. I will change this to No and retest this.

Edit: Removed all mods to get a vanilla 1.2, loaded a war patrol. Weather clear, no clouds. Pressed Ctrl-N and voila...instant clouds. I find it interesting CCIP that you don't get this magic weather key in yours, even in vanilla 1.2?

[CCIP]

I'm gonna give this a look. I use the key all the time when getting attacked, and while I had the clouds present in all recent attacks I could recall, I do remember seeing varying weather conditions (that sorta made my attacks messy)...

[sqk7744]

Bubble bubble toil and trouble, sonar man change this weather on the double!:arrgh!:

Confirmed -good find! ...now about the remedy?


*** This Just in:
Stratus Clouds moving from right to left. I press CTRL + N a few times and the coulds seem to rewind back to a reset point at which you can hold them in place on the rightside of screen. hmmm No effect on Windspeed thou. Did (Ctrl + W) while hitting Ctrl+N a few times.

Anyone tried this in an actual storm?

[CCIP]

Hm. If it's true, then the first thing I'll do is change the sonar shortcuts for a new version of my keyboard control mod (which I was planning to put out tonight anyway with some minor additions) :hmm:

[Hartmann]

It seems a dev cheat for weather...:doh: and unremoved for the rushed release to the market.

[Payoff]

I have seen this too. I mapped my own keys & use ctl+N for "Max Range at Current Speed". It will cause the same effect. I just quit using it on the bridge.

[CCIP]

I can confirm it now too...

What a bizzare function :dead:

I'm toying around with the idea (well, I already plugged it into my own game) of mapping a whole bunch of 'trash functions' onto that key so that you can't press it without consequences. A bit of a silly workaround. Should I include it in the next version of my Keyboard mod, or pass on that?

[XanderF]

Wouldn't bother, I'm sure the devs will fix it (eventually).

Should bring the thread to their attention, though - someone want to PM our visitor dev with the thread link?

[tycho102]

That is pretty awesome; I'll have to give it a try. I attack, wind or snow, but man those calm-sea external camera views are splendid.